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This week Alice and Kim share books about some of their favorite epic love stories and gush about some new (and awesome) historical true crime. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Nonfiction in the News Here Are the Guest Editors for the Best American Series 2021 [LitHub] Just Don’t Call Her a Ghostwriter [New York Times] New Nonfiction Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowski The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America by Lawrence T. Brown Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods by Amelia Pang Epic Love Stories Gracie: A Love Story by George Burns One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman A Natural History of Love by Diane Ackerman Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples by Rodger Streitmatter Victoria The Queen by Julia Baird We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill Reading Now Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World by Abigail Tucker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.